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Screenwriting
Koepp to Direct Premium Rush
David Koepp is best known as one of Hollywood¹s highest paid screenwriters (and one of Spielberg¹s scribes). His screenwriting credits include everything from Toy Soldiers, Jurassic Park, and Carlito¹s Way, to Panic Room, Spider-Man, War of the Worlds and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
For the last decade he¹s been trying to make the transition into feature film directing. He made his debut with the promising Stir of Echoes, but has since followed up with some lackluster efforts, the 2004 Stephen King adaptation Secret Window and the 2008 Ricky Gervais supernatural romantic comedy Ghost Town. Honestly, I think Koepp is a much better screenwriter than he is a filmmaker, and that¹s not saying much considering the abundance of lackluster screenplays he¹s been involved with in the last 10-12 years. With that kind of intro, you must be really interested in his next directorial effort (yes, that was sarcasm).
Next up, Koepp will direct a film called Premium Rush, penned by his frequent screenwriting collaborator John Kamps. Aside from working with Koepp on Ghost Town and Zathura, he also wrote Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie. Yup, no snarky commentary needed.
According to Variety, the story follows a 20-something-year-old bike messenger who somehow gets involved in a chase across New York City. And we¹re not just talking about a little chase but big budget William Friedkin-style action sequences. Apparently a dirty cop is ³desperate to get his hands² on an envelope the messenger received from Columbia University (the Macguffin?).
As much as I¹m not a fan of Koepp¹s filmmaking choices thus far, I¹m always game for another chase movie, especially a film with a budget. Columbia Pictures is apparently fast tracking the project, and casting will begin searching for a leading man immediately. So I¹m sure we¹ll be hearing a casting and start announcement by year¹s end.
"If you can, tell me something happy."
- Marybones
For the last decade he¹s been trying to make the transition into feature film directing. He made his debut with the promising Stir of Echoes, but has since followed up with some lackluster efforts, the 2004 Stephen King adaptation Secret Window and the 2008 Ricky Gervais supernatural romantic comedy Ghost Town. Honestly, I think Koepp is a much better screenwriter than he is a filmmaker, and that¹s not saying much considering the abundance of lackluster screenplays he¹s been involved with in the last 10-12 years. With that kind of intro, you must be really interested in his next directorial effort (yes, that was sarcasm).
Next up, Koepp will direct a film called Premium Rush, penned by his frequent screenwriting collaborator John Kamps. Aside from working with Koepp on Ghost Town and Zathura, he also wrote Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie. Yup, no snarky commentary needed.
According to Variety, the story follows a 20-something-year-old bike messenger who somehow gets involved in a chase across New York City. And we¹re not just talking about a little chase but big budget William Friedkin-style action sequences. Apparently a dirty cop is ³desperate to get his hands² on an envelope the messenger received from Columbia University (the Macguffin?).
As much as I¹m not a fan of Koepp¹s filmmaking choices thus far, I¹m always game for another chase movie, especially a film with a budget. Columbia Pictures is apparently fast tracking the project, and casting will begin searching for a leading man immediately. So I¹m sure we¹ll be hearing a casting and start announcement by year¹s end.
"If you can, tell me something happy."
- Marybones
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[nq:1]According to Variety, the story follows a 20-something-year-old bike messenger who somehow gets involved in a chase across New York ... [/nq] As a kid, I had always wanted a bike chase sequence, but it seemed you would need to create a claustrophobic effect to pull it off. Home camcorders shoot too wide, close calls with cars too dangerous to try.
- [nq:1]According to Variety, the story follows a 20-something-year-old bike messenger who somehow gets involved in a chase across New York ...
- [/nq] As a kid, I had always wanted a bike chase sequence, but it seemed you would need to create a claustrophobic effect to pull it off.
- Home camcorders shoot too wide, close calls with cars too dangerous to try.
- But get some tight alleys, weave through city traffic, pedestrians, cardboard boxes, some contact with the bike frame, and you've got something.
- Close calls on a bike are scarier than cars there's nothing protecting your flesh.
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[nq:1]According to Variety, the story follows a 20-something-year-old bike messenger who somehow gets involved in a chase across New York ... a dirty cop is ³desperate to get his hands² on an envelope the messenger received from Columbia University (the Macguffin?).[/nq]
As a kid, I had always wanted a bike chase sequence, but it seemed you would need to create a claustrophobic effect to pull
As a kid, I had always wanted a bike chase sequence, but it seemed you would need to create a claustrophobic effect to pull
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[nq:1]David Koepp is best known as one of Hollywood¹s highest paid screenwriters (and one of Spielberg¹s scribes). His screenwriting credits ... Koepp on Ghost Town and Zathura, he also wrote Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie. Yup, no snarky commentary needed.[/nq]
As someone who, once upon a time, wrote for Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: the TV series, I say go ahead - make some snarky
As someone who, once upon a time, wrote for Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: the TV series, I say go ahead - make some snarky
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[nq:1]As a kid, I had always wanted a bike chase sequence, but it seemed you would need to create a ... bike frame, and you've got something. Close calls on a bike are scarier than cars there's nothing protecting your flesh.[/nq]
On a show - ages ago - we hired a 'bicycle guy' who has a tricked-out mountain bike, with camera mounting plates front, back, and sides He was able to get a lot of PO
On a show - ages ago - we hired a 'bicycle guy' who has a tricked-out mountain bike, with camera mounting plates front, back, and sides He was able to get a lot of PO
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